After a competitive application process, the Scripps Howard Foundation has announced 10 local nonprofits that have been named semi-finalists for a $100,000 grant to support childhood literacy initiatives in impoverished neighborhoods within the Tri-state.
The semi-finalists are:
• Campbell County Public Library
• Children, Inc.
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• Cincinnati Union Bethel
• Dohn Community High School
• Learning Through Art
• NEST Community Learning Center
• Notre Dame Educational Center
• Princeton Mobile Book Center
• The Children’s Home of Cincinnati
In December, the Scripps Howard Foundation, Greater Cincinnati Foundation and WCPO 9 On Your Side invited local nonprofits to apply for a $100,000 family literacy grant.
Representatives from the Scripps Howard Foundation and Greater Cincinnati Foundation reviewed the submissions and narrowed the field to 10 proposals.
The selected nonprofits have until Feb. 22 to submit a full grant application.
The three organizations will announce a maximum of five finalists on March 11 and the winner of the $100,000 grant on April 18.
The grant will be awarded to a single nonprofit that brings books and other literacy resources to Tri-state neighborhoods in need. The grant will serve families living in poverty and develop deep relationships with parents as a child’s first teacher.
The winner will be announced during the Scripps Howard Awards, the prestigious annual journalism recognition program presented by the Scripps Howard Foundation, at Memorial Hall in Cincinnati on April 18.
WCPO 9 On Your Side will live stream the Scripps Howard Awards show on its website April 18 from 7-8:30 p.m. Eastern.
